Following is a historical listing of changes and enhancements to Silent Auction Pro since the release of the new user interface. Prior history can be viewed here.

• New Blog! Winning Fundraiser Seating Strategies to Maximize Bids [BLOGS-050224]

• New Blog! What is a Nonprofit Donor Database and How Can You Create One? [BLOGS-043024]

• New Blog! The Complete Guide to Text To Give Fundraising for Nonprofits [BLOGS-042424]

• Updated the Tides landing page [NEWUI-2251]
• New Blog! 7 Things To Do to Receive More Donations Online + 4 Platforms You Can Use [BLOGS-041724]

• New Blog! 7 Tips For a Successful Paddle Raise (From an Expert with 20 Years in the Auction Industry) [BLOGS-041124]

• New Blog! What is a Nonprofit Impact Report and How Can You Write One Using Silent Auction Pro? [BLOGS-040924]

• Reformatted the Home page tickets display to accommodate narrow viewports such as cell phone portrait mode. [NEWUI-2244]
• Added links to add or edit a Donation while editing a Contact record. [NEWUI-1078]

• New Blog! How to Host an Online Auction: 15 Tips for Nonprofits [BLOGS-040424]

• Added the ability to send email while editing a Contact. [NEWUI-794]

• New Blog! How to Create a Tax-Compliant Donor Receipt + Templates [BLOGS-040224]
• Fixed a bug that failed to show the correct number of tickets purchased on a member assisted guest ticket purchase receipt [NEWUI-1765]

• Fixed a bug that failed to notify all bid winers when closing by Sections [NEWUI-2234]

• Fixed a bug that was displaying guest names on raffle ticket receipts [NEWUI-2213]

• Updated videos on the index home page [NEWUI-2151]

• New Blog! 5 Nonprofit Fundraising Trends to Know In 2024 [BLOGS-032724]

• Fixed a bug that failed to save guest ticket updates on the Member Home page [NEWUI-2202]

• New Blog! 10 Nonprofit Email Marketing Ideas and How to Implement Them [BLOGS-032024]

• New Blog! 5 Monthly Giving Program Examples and How to Set One Up [BLOGS-031424]
• Added the Notes column to the Tickets Report [NEWUI-1065]
• Fixed a bug that caused a descrepancy in the number of rows when exporting the Participants Report. [NEWUI-2231]

• New Blog! How to Use Fundraising Analytics For More Successful Events [BLOGS-031224]

• New Blog! Spring Fundraising Ideas for 2024 [BLOGS-030724]

• Fixed a bug that failed to save certain types of 'links' in ticket notes. [NEWUI-2224]

• New Blog! Step-by-step guide to creating a donation page for non-profit events [BLOGS-030524]

• Fixed a bug that generated multiple receipt emails when the User clicks the 'back' button to navigate back to the online ticket purchase receipt. [NEWUI-2214]

• Fixed a bug in the Import Contacts handler that failed to display the correct row number for duplicate entries. [NEWUI-2173]

• Enhanced information and access to our Risk Free Item Shop partner. Easily find links to the online Risk Free Item Shop consignment catalog within the enter donation flow. Additional help resources for the Risk Free Item Shop were also added. [NEWUI-2177]

• Fixed a bug that failed to set the auction item image when creating auction items from cloned donations. [NEWUI-2203]

• Fixed a bug that failed to indicate the online status of certain auction items, when editing auction items. [NEWUI-2205]

• New Blog! Top 9 Mobile Bidding Software You Should Try in 2024 [BLOGS-020724]

• Fixed a bug that failed to display the correct image on the Demo Group Giving Page. [NEWUI-2186]
• Donation Titles may now include the Okina character [NEWUI-2182]

• New Blog! Fundraiser Performance Management Explained (Best Practices Included) [BLOGS-020124]

• Updates to 'Our Story' [NEWUI-1830]
• Remove the Announcent Id link when showing Group Anouncements on the Home page [NEWUI-1883]

• Fixed a bug that failed to update the cell number when updating a guest ticket from the Home page [NEWUI-2183]

• New Blog! Here's What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About Donor Segmentation [BLOGS-012624]

• Fixed a bug that failed to include the Party Code and Notes option when purchasing tickets from the Home page [NEWUI-2179]

• Fix a bug that failed to display payment failures when ordering credit card readers [NEWUI-2180]

• New Blog! Here's What Nonprofits Can Do to Encourage Recurring Donations [BLOGS-012324]

• Fixed a bug that prevented scrolling the Home page on small screens [NEWUI-2178]

• New Blog! 7 Steps to Planning a Successful Fundraising Event [blogs-011924]

• New blog! 15 Fundraising Strategies You Should Try at Your Nonprofit [blogs-011724]

• Fixed a bug that pulled an incorrect Contact when Writing Letters to Campaign Donors [NEWUI-2171]

• Fix Write letters update to clean body etc. [NEWUI-2169]

• New blog! OneCause vs GiveSmart vs Silent Auction Pro [BLOGS-122823]

• Fixed issue in the handler for adding new miscellanous bids. [NEWUI-2167]
• New blog! What is Donor Management and Tools to Try? [BLOGS-122623]

• New blog! Successful Fundraising Campaign Examples [BLOGS-122123]

• New blog! Donor Centric Fundraising Explained + 5 Tips to Get You Started [BLOGS-121923]

• Fixed an issue were you could not remame branches in the Global Min Bid / Max Bid page. [NEWUI-2160]

• New blog! Crowdfunding vs. fundraising: How are they different? [BLOGS-121423]

• Fixed a problem with processing a FAN bid. [NEWUI-2158]
• New blog! 18 Ideas for Silent Auction Items (Breakdown by Budget) [BLOGS-121223]

• We have a new way to support "Miscellaneous" items - Go to Check in & Check out > Enter / Edit Auction Results & Cash Pledges, then click on the Enter / delete miscellaneous event fees. There you can choose a few type (category), the person, FMV (Fair market value) and the amount and it gets added to the persons invoice. You can even enter negative amounts. [NEWUI-1758]
• New blog! End of the year holiday fundraising ideas! [BLOGS-120723]

• New blog! How to price silent auction items? [BLOGS-120523]

• Editing your profile caused a db error because menu choice was not defined. [NEWUI-2150]

• New blog! Are Charity Auctions Tax Deductible? [BLOGS-113023]

• New blog! Guide to Writing a Silent Auction Donation Request Letter [BLOG-112823]
• We removed the ability to switch to the old menu system as it is no longer supported. [NEWUI-2145]

• Bug fixes for the Communications Metrics [NEWUI-2140]

• Minor fix to UI on mobile devices when viewing the auction catalog and detail pages. [NEWUI-2067]

• Posted new blog: Silent Auction Rules for a Successful Event [BLOGS-111723]

• First release of our Blog page and first Blog! [blogs-111523]
• First release of our Webinar page and first Webinar! [newui-2098]

• Added a "Robot" icon in the member home page bidding status section that will highlight when a person has been outbid by another person's Bid for me! max bid. This has caused confusion in the past. [NEWUI-2063]
• Fixed an issue with sending Instant Login links. [NEWUI-2121]
• Fixed issue with the Bidding Kiosk working for fixed price items. [NEWUI-2131]
• Fixed issue with Ticket Detail not showing on the Tickets Info page. [NEWUI-2130]

• We've update our demo group and added a new attribute to the Auction Types called Info Only. Setting this to Yes makes whatever you name the Auction Type show up on the home page below the picture (Like "Heads or Tails", "Wine Pull", etc.) and removes the UI element that would normally allow you to bid on the items. We also updated the Bidding Kiosk to support the new Fixed Price item flow and added the abiliy to look up auction items by name or item number. [NEWUI-1751, NEWUI-1736, NEWUI-1945]
• Added the ability to preview auction items that are off line from the Online Catalog Tools page. [NEWUI-2095]
• Added the ability to export Admission tickets from the Admission Tickets accordion on the Ticket Info Report [NEWUI-1529]
• Added link on the left below the navigation to allow you to get back to the home page. [NEWUI-1474]
• When uploading images for Event, Write Letters, and other situations, the image size will now default to a percentage of the screen making those images responsive for different viewport sizes. [NEWUI-675]

• Added Delete Donations to the main menu and improvements to the Delete Donations section of the page. [NEWUI-966]

• Fixed an issue where member assisted ticket purchases of tickets for guest would not set that guest as a bidder if they were already in the system. [NEWUI-2107]

• Added a new Kiwanis landing page. [NEWUI-2103]
• Modified the Edit Donation page to not show "Taxable" if the tax rate is not greater than zero. This is consistent with the Add Donation page. [NEWUI-2099]
• Modified the return link in 22 files from bidonlinegrid.php to memberhome.php to make those links work for Bidsheet customers as well. [NEWUI-2104]

• Added button to the Edit Event page to be able to delete all credit cards on file as part of archiving an event. [NEWUI-1386]
• Improvements and updates to help files, videos and QRCs. [NEWUI-1876]
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes lower the authorization level when a person was purchasing tickets. [NEWUI-1928]

• Added new Quick Reference Cards (QRCs) for Admission and Raffle tickets. [NEWUI-1451]
• Added back the ability to sort tickets on the ticket preview page using drag-and-drop [NEWUI-2097]

• Fixed a bug that opened the ticket includes and names section above the tickets. This however disabled the ability to change the sort order of tickets that was added a couple days ago. [NEWUI-2097]
• Released our new blogs page. Content to follow! [NEWUI-1759]

• Modified the system to save donation images individually for each donation rather than a single image for a group if donations. This should eliminate issues we've see where donation images "go away" when users are deleting one or more donations that are part of a group. [NEWUI-1535]
• Group Administrators may now change the order of tickets presented on the ticket purchase pages by dragging and droping from the ticket preview page. [NEWUI-881]

• Fixed an issue with configuring a CardConnect merchant account that CardConnect created. [NEWUI-2092]

• Added warning alert when enabling the Ticket required to bid option. [NEWUI-2090]

• Fixed a bug that caused donation images for an existing donation to be deleted if the user cloned a donation and then deleted the images in the newly cloned donation. [NEWUI-2088]
• Updated the form in help for Worldpay [NEWUI-2079]

• Fixed a bug that in certain cases would change the membership level of a User down to a guest if they had a higher level membership. [NEWUI-1928]

• Other Email and SMS handler updates [NEWUI-2049]

• Fixed the formatting of the footnote on the printed receipts page. [NEWUI-2075]
• Changes to the Text and Email to Register functionality to exclude contacts where the email address is being used by another User. [NEWUI-2069a]
• Minor fix to the Notify Winners button on the AuctionDay page. Button is now disabled until you choose a section to notify. [NEWUI-2033]

• Fixed a bug that made the Custom Color Branding available to Mobile Plus customers. It's only available to Mobile Pro customers [NEWUI-1982]
• Added code to prevent sending an instant login link from the Participant's Report if the email and cell numbers are being used by someone else. [NEWUI-2070]
• Added code to prevent sending an instant login link from the Edit Person page if the email and cell numbers are being used by someone else. [NEWUI-2052]

• Fixed a bug that caused two login buttons to show on mobile views when viewing the Auction Catalog or a item detail page and the guest was not logged in. [NEWUI-2062]

• New users signing up using an "instant login link" occasionally got an error when clicking the like from the email they were sent. [NEWUI-2025]
• Updated the system so that if someone has a "remember me" cookie set and comes back from an outbid notification they will be automatically remembered and logged in. [NEWUI-2026]
• Updated QRCs and help [NEWUI-2038]
• Fixed a bug where if a guest bailed on the sign up process or when purchasing a ticket, they could end up in Silent Auction Pro waiting to be reconciled, but there is no reconcile request so they are in limbo. This update will try to auto-reconcile them and if that doesn't work they will be left to be reconciled by the Group Admin. [NEWUI-1972]

• Modified the default number of invoices to show on the Batch Out page to 50 [NEWUI-2044]
• Update the Event History page to all showing all results in the Bidding Details sections and added the nice "spinner" to show when it's loading data. [NEWUI-2045]
• Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to export contacts, bidders, etc., when there isn't a current event. [NEWUI-2055]

• Fixed the Text and Email to Register template so that it selects the current event. [NEWUI-2047]
• When opening the search page to search for contacts, the page automatically puts the focus in the Search box so you can just start typing what you want to search for. [NEWUI-2036]

• Fixed a bug in the export of items bought where the amount of tax was not being calculated correctly. [NEWUI-2040]
• Modified the Event History page, Bid Details section to show up to 2500 rows. [NEWUI-2045]
• Fixed a bug that in special circumstances caused bidder numbers to change or guests who were marked as a bidder to be unmarked as a bidder. [NEWUI-2029]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to search by bidder number from the check-in page. [NEWUI-2030]

• When users are sent an instant login link, Silent Auction Pro will now "remember" them on that device. [NEWUI-2020]
• Backed out the code that prevented contact who are reconciled to users from showing on the reconcile page. [NEWUI-809]

• Fixed a bug that caused the first line to be omitted when the table assignements report was exported to a CSV file. [NEWUI-1959]

• Fixed a bug that caused the Participant's Report to show a bid when one was not placed by the bidder. [NEWUI-2010]

• Fixed a bug where unused tickets were showing as locked on the editperson.php page. [NEWUI-2005]
• Added the ability to include table seating assignments in the custom communications forms. [NEWUI-1447, NEWUI-2006]

• Branding enhancement - Modified the Auction Catalog and item details pages so if they are "public facing" (User is not logged in) and the group has purchased the MobilePro package, that the Silent Auction Pro logo and our home page menu won't show. [NEWUI-1991]

• UI enhancement. Changed the Tickets Info Report to use the graphical "processing" / spinner icon while the page is loading [NEWUI-1999]
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Manage Table Seating Assignments page from loading. [NEWUI-1998]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to export the tickets report. [NEWUI-1995]
• Modified the Text and Email to Register functionality to allow sending to All Contacts and All Bidders and Attendees rather than just those who did not have a card on file. [NEWUI-1994]
• Updated the Auction Catalog page to NOT show the Silent Auction Pro logo when the group has purchased MobilePro and people are visiting the page without being logged in. [NEWUI-1991]
• Fixed sorting issue in the server-side datatable version of the participant's report [NEWUI-1976a]

• Fixed a bug where if you were entering a contact and got the duplicate contact alert and cancelled, you would end up on a white screen because that file had been removed. [NEWUI-1990]
• Fixed a bug where unused tickets were not showing up when you chose the Use Existing Ticket dialog. [NEWUI-1988]

• Modified the Payments by Event page to allow you to show all the payments.
• Made improvements to the reconcilation process to prevent the ability to reconcile User accounts to multiple contacts or overwrite exiting connections between Users and Contacts. [NEWUI-809]

• Removed the Outstanding Invoices section from the Event History report. Please see the Batch Out page instead. [NEWUI-1977]
• Added code to prevent editing "Fund-A-Need" automatic auction items. [NEWUI-1929]

• Fixed another bug where bidders marked as a bidder couldn't bid. [NEWUI-1952]

• Fixed a bug where the Category was set to the wrong value when cloning a previous donation. [NEWUI-1970]

• Fixed a bug on the Participant's Report where the page failed to update the checked-in status when checked. [NEWUI-1971]
• Fixed a bug that caused database problems and site instability when groups accessed the FAN Monitor page. [NEWUI-1954]

• Fixed an issue with the Participant's Report that prevented it from rendering for Bidsheet customers [NEWUI-1956]

• Fixed a bug that diabled the ability for a bidder to bid when checking the "checked in" checkbox on the Participant's Report. [NEWUI-1952]

• Removed code from the Auction Day page that was marking all attendees as bidders. [NEWUI-1947]
• Updated messages to refer to the new menu system. [NEWUI-1870]
• Fixed a bug that failed to show retired Giving Campaigns allowing donors to make a donation to the campaign after it had been closed. [NEWUI-1858]
• Fixed a bug that occasionally sent duplicate copies of receipts to Group Admins when the receipt was being emails as a result of a reprint [NEWUI-1310]
• Modified code to allow more customization in the Display Sheets template in the Write Letters section. [NEWUI-1805]

• Removed the ability to delete a Party from the Manage Seating Assignments page. You should not be able to do that as it also deletes the parties tickets. [NEWUI-1946]
• Modified the reconcile page to exclude Contacts who are already reconciled to a User account. [NEWUI-809]
• Added the link to the buyer's contact record in the Purchased tickets detail page. [NEWUI-1942]

• Fixed a bugs / UI issues related to the display of content in the data tables. [NEWUI-1934: NEWUI-1916, NEWUI-1924, NEWUI-1931, NEWUI-1933]
• Fixed a bug in the "Remember Me" functionality that resulted in a white screen when trying to be remembered on a second device. [NEWUI-1937]

• Added Group mailing address to the create group and event flow. [NEWUI-1936]

• Group administrators may now require that a ticket is purchased to bid on auction items. This can be further refined to require that a specific type of ticket is purchased to bid on auction items using a specific auction type. For instance, you could require that ticket be purchased to bid in the Live auction and that a different ticket - perhaps even a "comp" ticket is required to bid on silent auction items. [NEWUI-1831]

• Added the ability to easily show archived contacts from the Search Contacts page. [NEWUI-1912]

• Fixed a bug when trying to export a tickets report [NEWUI-1920]
• When adding a new contact, the system will now include archived contacts in the search to make sure that you are not adding a duplicate contact that has already been archived. Prior to this the system only looked at unarchived contacts. [NEWUI-1911]
• Fixed a bug that caused a CSRF erorr when trying to delete mutliple donations. [NEWUI-1918]

• Added Contact Owner to the export when exporting Contacts. [NEWUI-1908]
• Fixed issues with row counts and ticket includes reporting that were introduced with NEWUI-1783 below. [NEWUI-1901,1903,1904]

• Modified the system to significantly improve the performance for groups with large numbers of contacts. Searching for contacts, showing tickets, etc., now load almost instantly. [NEWUI-1783]

• Silent Auction Pro will now offer Users a "Remember Me" option that if checked will place a cookie on the device they are using that will allow our system to automatically log them back in for 400 days. [NEWUI-1836]

• Fixed a bug that caused the city and state to be recorded incorrectly when creating a new group. [NEWUI-1896]
• UI/UX tweak on the create group page. [NEWUI-1890]

• Improvements to the Display Features / Event Proceeds page. [NEWUI-1851]
• Modified the Donate / FAN page to NOT show the amount raised if the checkbox to show the "amount raised, goal, thermometer and drop confetti" is unchecked. [NEWUI-1885]
• Modified the Consignment items page so that is only visible to Auction Admins or higher and made the link to the Risk Free Catalog work for Auction Admins and higher too. [NEWUI-1886]
• Fixed an issue with the display event proceeds not picking up the goal. [NEWUI-1889]

• Added autocomplete=off to form elements in the addperson.php and editperson.php pages to try to prevent those fields from pulling in previous data. [NEWUI-1878]

• Added link to create a Giving Campaign to the Manage My Subscription page. [NEWUI-1640]
• Added quick links to the Ticket Info page when creating or editing tickets. [NEWUI-1488]
• Added quick link to the Add a donation page to make it easier to add a new donation from a new donor. [NEWUI-xxx]
• Minor updates to the Order credit card readers page. [NEWUI-1740]
• Fixed capitalization for consistency on the Links & QR codes section. [NEWUI-498]
• Minor change to QR code pages to align content with page functionality. [NEWUI-1679]

• Added the ability to change the sort order when printing tracking sheets and auctioneer info sheets. [NEWUI-1849]

• Modified the requirements for user names to allow dashes. [NEWUI-1872]

• We've released a new and improved version of our help video tutorials page. [NEWUI-1247]

• Silent Auction Pro now offers a highly curated catalog of risk free consignment auction items as well as a "donor intelligence" report to help our customers find the best of the best auction items that match their guests interestes. [NEWUI-1854]

• Updated the Online Catalog Tools page to present a "Preview Catalog" button that opens the Auction Catalog in a new window. [NEWUI-1846]
• Modified the behavior of the buttons on the Event History section of the Auction Admin home page to enable them so if you viewed a report and use the back button, you don't have to re-choose the event to re-enable the buttons. [NEWUI-1848]

• Changed the functionality when resetting the demo group to default to showing the Auction Catalog Button [NEWUI-1852]

• Fixed the switch menu option so that people can switch back to the old "role" based menu. [NEWUI-1850]

• Fixed an issue where the Online Catalog Tools was not showing the correct status of the Show Auction Catalog Button. [NEWUI-1847]

• Administrators may now hide the Auction Catalog button from the home page for guests until they are ready to publish the catalog. This is done from the Onine Catalog Tools page. That page also contains a link to preview the catalog. [NEWUI-1763]

• Modified the search on the Contact search page to exclude the 'Contact owner' column. [NEWUI-1843]
• When entering bids in the Enter Bid Results form, fixed price items now use the "Price" instead of the declared value of the item. We added the ability to have a different price for an item than it's declared value earlier this year. [NEWUI-1754]
• Fixed a bug in the "Fixed Price item with printed bid sheet or tracking sheet" auction type in the demo group. [NEWUI-1842]

• Fixed a bug that caused a "undefined" filter button to appear when no special filters were selected. [NEWUI-1841]

• Updated the Payments By Event page to default to sorting by the payment date. [NEWUI-918]

• Fixed an issue when adding or editing a person you could not add a phone extension. [NEWUI-1837]

• Changes to our home page, features, pricing, etc., to help with SEO [NEWUI-1764]

• Removed link to old help on the help page. [NEWUI-1825]

• Major overhaul of our written help so that it aligns with the new menu system. [NEWUI-1580]

• Modified the message that is sent by the Text and Email to register template to remove the reference to online bidding as that template can be used by Bidsheet Pro customers. [NEWUI-1823]
• We updated the process for creating a new group and event to combine it into a single step to make it easier for new customers. [NEWUI-1479]
• Fixed a bug where the code failed to restore the Category when a donation is cloned from a previous event. [NEWUI-1718]

• UI improvement. If a group uses the original sign up flow, we will present the user with the group information after creating their account to confirm they are joining the right group. [NEWUI-1815]

• Minor UI change to menu [NEWUI-1810]
• Fixed a bug in the participant's report that prevented it from loading and showing 10 results by default. Also removed the alert that told about the new menu as that is old news now. [NEWUI-1796]

• Fixed a bug where when returning to the Create & Edit messages page after reviewing a message or sending a test, the "Activity" drop-down [NEWUI-1724]

• Cell phone numbers for guest tickets were being recorded in the ticket but not transferring to the contact record. That's fixed. Also fixed an issue with trying to update a ticket from the member home page if the ticket holder's cell number was blank. [NEWUI-1804]
• Added a checkbox to the create user form allowing people who live outside the US or Canada to not provide a cell number as we can't send them text messages anyway, therefore their cell number is not required. Also modified the main landing page for sign-ups to include a link to the alternate signup path if the person does not have a US or Canada based cell phone. [NEWUI-1811]

• Removed the movement on the index.php page for better SEO. Updated the features.php page to change most of the content from paragraphs to bullets for better readability and SEO. [NEWUI-1764]
• UX enhancement. Modified the Online Ticket Purchase page so that the "Next" button is disabled until at least one ticket type has been selected. [NEWUI-1762]

• Added additional fields to the contact transactions report and renamed the link to CRM Export / Contact Transactions for this event. [NEWUI-1807]
• To improve performance and save disk space, photos for duplicate donations are shared. This release fixes a bug where if one of the duplicate donations was deleted, the system would delete the photo on the disk leaving the remaining donations with a broken photo. We now check to make sure that there are not other donations using the same photo before deleting it from the disk. [NEWUI-1428]

• We added filters to the Auction Catalog that allow bidders filter and see items that have no bids, "low bids" (current bid is less than 50% of the value, and "Popular items" (Top ten items based on number of bids). [NEWUI-1791]

• Added a new feature that will automatically redistribute bid winners for Top-n-Win items AFTER the bidding has ended if the top bid is deleted by an administrator. [NEWUI-1714]
• Fixed a bug that caused the purchase price for a fixed price item to revert to the value of the item if the auction item was edited. [NEWUI-1757]
• Additional code changes to strip out HTML tags from auction item titles. Fixed the Edit Auction Items page. [NEWUI-1788]
• Fixed a bug that created a white screen when trying to create a new event. [NEWUI-1798]

• Updated the left nav menu Contacts section and removed the Add/Search for Contacts and Show All Contacts option. Replaced that with Search for Contacts which goes directly to the searchresults.php page. This also fixes a back-button issue where the system ends up showing all the results. This release also adds pagination to most pages that are presenting data in a tablular format. This speeds up the page loads. [NEWUI-1648]
• Added code to strip out HTML tags from titles when creating auction items as these can cause problems. [NEWUI-1788]

• Added the ability to capture a cell phone number for guests when purchasing tickets. Also, we now allow the group administrator to decide if the email address and cell number are required when purchasing guests tickets. The default is that they are NOT required. If we have both an email address and cell number for a guest, then it's possible to send that guest an instant login link. [NEWUI-1153]
• Modified the bid detail page to allow bidding on Live auction items if the option is set. This got changed in a previous release. [NEWUI-1795]
• Changed the font color on alert buttons to white to be consistent with the site and work for custom color branding. [NEWUI-1793]
• Modified the Switch Groups page so that you can't click the submit button before choosing a group. [NEWUI-1786]

• Added quick links after creating an auction item to view that in the catalog. [NEWUI-1781]

• Added back the ability to text a sign-up link in the check-in tools area. Shouldn't have been removed. [NEWUI-6]

• Fixed a bug that caused the error page to be presented on mobile devices when an admin user was not logged in and clicked on a link to reconcile contacts. [NEWUI-1708]
• Bidding Kiosk link went missing with the latest UI release. Added it back to the Check-in area.

• When cloning an auction item, adminstrators may now set the number of cloned auction items to create. [NEWUI-1756]
• You may now view previous versions of your Auction Catalog from the Event History page. [NEWUI-1753]
• Significant updates to the menu system and related User Interface improvements. In this release:
  • Enhanced task-based menu system designed to get you where you want to go faster.
  • Friendlier page titles, button labels, section headers and field names to help you find what you need.
  • Updated page layout to make your task flow more organized and obvious.
  • All around design changes built on customer feedback made to create a more user friendly Silent Auction Pro experience
  All Users are now set to use the new task-based menu. Users may still switch back to the old role-based menu if they wish. [NEWUI-6]
• We removed the "Not Biddable" label from the Auction Catalog when items are not biddable (such as sponsorships, live auction item, etc.) We also show when items are Live auction items in the Auction Catalog [NEWUI-1726]
• Added quick navigation links to the top of the Item Bid History and Bidder Bid History to allow quick access to the Participant's report and Online Bidding Status page as appropriate. [NEWUI-1772]
• Fixed a bug that prevented links directly to the Auction Catalog from working. This was introduced as part of this release. [NEWUI-1773]

• Added announcement page for the Spring 2023 UI release. Also fixed the reset demo group file to not make the raffle tickets ask for names.

• Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to enter a range of gift certificates to print. [NEWUI-1039]

• Added email, phone number and cell number to the purchase tickets receipt if it exists. [NEWUI-1744]

• Changed the Edit My Profile page so that you do not have to enter your password (or a new password) to submit the form. [NEWUI-1734]

• Minor wording changes to the purchase tickets page to let users know they can use their email address instead of their username to log in. [NEWUI-1713TEMP]

• Added the ability (a filter) to print bidder numbers for attendees who do not have a credit card on file. [NEWUI-1712]

• Rare bug fix caused another problem. Reverted the code. [NEWUI-1710 / NEWUI-1708]
• Fixed a rare bug that caused the error page to display when clicking on a reconcile link from a text message. [NEWUI-1708]

• Added the ability to have both a priceless and not priceless top-n-win items with the same number of items available. [NEWUI-1704]
• Updated the Write Letters page to allow targeting ANY event when the To option is set to Event Donors. [NEWUI-1576]

• Fixed a bug that prevented donation titles with double quotes in them like "this is the title" to NOT display when editing the donation. [NEWUI-1682]
• Improved the error message presented to the guest / user when their credit card information has expired with the processor. [NEWUI-1639]

• The Enter Bids page will now accept the ENTER key to submit the form. [NEWUI-1346]
• Added the link to go to the reconcile page when we send a text notification that guests are waiting to be reconciled. [NEWUI-1690]
• Fixed a bug that generated extra entries in the Attendee table and possibly left bidders without bidder numbers assigned. [NEWUI-1698]
• Modified the valid email test to allow up to 63 characters for the domain extension. [NEWUI-1700]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Bid Winners Report from exporting when used from the new menu system. [NEWUI-1671]
• Released a bunch of new and updated Quick Reference Cards and checklists. [NEWUI-1612]

• Added new help pages for each menu level in the new task-based menus. [NEWUI-1663]
• We now have the ability to import donations from a spreadsheet. This is provided as a service for which there is a $100 charge. Here's a link to the data we can import in a Google Doc. [NEWUI-1545]

• Added the ability for Silent Auction Pro to post information announcements in the group announcements area. These will be timely and helpful updates from us regarding new features, helpful hints, post event informaiton and more. Group Administrators may delete these announcements if they wish. [NEWUI-1608]

• Updated the site so that BidSheet Plus customers can edit their ticket information. [NEWUI-1617]

• Added a new report to the Display Functions where you can display a dynamic page that totals up all the bids on auction items by Table at your event. You may also choose to only tally up purchases / bids by a particular category. [NEWUI-1656]
• Added a new attribute to auction items that now makes it possible to have auction items NOT showing in the auction catalog but still biddable or purchasable by your guests. [NEWUI-1654]

• We have a new report that exports all in-kind donations donated, auction items won, tickets purchased and cash donations given via the Donate or Fund-a-Need page, plus refunds for EACH contact in your Silent Auction Pro database. Use this report to export data for importing into your CRM. You can find the report in the Reports & Export area, the link is called "Export all contact transactions for this event" [NEWUI-1636]
• We've update and added new Quick References Cards. These are quick, one-page instructions for completing common tasks in Silent Auction Pro. IMPORTANT: They assume you are using the new "task-based" menu. If you are not, (if you see Home as the top left menu option you are on the old "role-based" menu) you can easily switch by going to the upper right menu where you see your name, click and choose the Switch menu option. [NEWUI-1645]

• Added the ContactId to the Participant's Report export file. [NEWUI-1626]
• Modifications to the Participant's Report flow, Edit Person and Add Person to make the pages return to the correct starting point. [NEWUI-1647]
• Centered the QR code on the FAN / Donate page. [NEWUI-1644]

• Added table name to the export from the Participant's Report [NEWUI-1626]
• Changed the print invoice pages to NOT print the banner if one exists and instead us the group logo. [NEWUI-1630]

• Fixed the pop-up info message on the Edit Event page regarding turning off the thermometer and confetti drop on the Donate page. [NEWUI-1582]
• Updated the auto create auction items page to prevent users from inserting an A at the beginning of the auction item number. values should just be numbers. [NEWUI-1586]
• Modified the system to allow the ability to add and edit contacts when the group does not have a current event. [NEWUI-1471]
• Fixed a bug that caused the system to send an email to guests after they had been reconciled but omitted their first name if they did not already have a Silent Auction Pro User account. In this case it also sent a link that did not log them in and caused confusion. [NEWUI-1638, NEWUI-619]

• Updated all users who created an account subsequent to Jan 30th to use the new menu system. []
• Fixed a bug that prevented certain contacts from not being marked as a bidder and assigned a bidder number when using the "Assign bidder numbers to all bidders" button on the Participant's report. [NEWUI-1618]

• Updated the self checkout invoice page to add a Done button when the amount due is zero. This happens when a user visits the page or more importantly when they are "purchasing" comp tickets. Needed an easy way to get them back to their home page. [NEWUI-1633]
• Additional work on passwords / Edit User page. [NEWUI-1634]
• Fixed a bug that prevented tickets through the member assisted ticket purchase flow from showing on the guests member home page. [NEWUI-1627]

• Added an eye-dropper element to the Edit Custom Colors page to make it easy to choose colors from images present on your computer. [NEWUI-1547]
• Fixed the positioning of the QR code in display mode on the bid online detail page. []
• Fixed a bug that prevented the create login page from showing the password format requirements. Also fixed an issue where customers using Card Connect as their processor would see a zero dollar amount on the credit card entry form for Card Connect. [NEWUI-1625]

• Fixed a bug where assigning bidder numbers to all bidders from the Participant's Report didn't work for groups using the original bidder number assignment policy. Also fixed the sorting of the bidder number column. [NEWUI-1618]

• Minor UI tweak - When someone makes a donation on the "Donate" page it was recorded on the guests home page as "FAN Btn: button_label" because we used to call the Donate page the FAN or Fund-A-Need page. We changed it so that what the guest now sees on their home page is Donate: button_label instead. [NEWUI-1616]

• New Quick Reference Cards for creating auction items. [NEWUI-1542]
• Fixed a bug that prevented guest names from saving when purchasing tickets from the guest ticket purchase page. [NEWUI-1553]

• Added filters to the auto-convert page to make it easy to filter the auction types. [NEWUI-1571]
• Added code to the public online ticket purchase page to prevent the ENTER key from submitting the form. [NEWUI-1609]

• Modified the "Find and archive inactive contacts" page to allow searching by just the label. [NEWUI-1599]
• Not really a bug, but we updated the code so that when you use the "Switch Menus" option in the upper right drop-down menu it saves the menu option to which the user was switched. [NEWUI-1600]
• Fixed a bug that directed a guest to a blank page if their session had expired and they tried to visit a page that required them to be logged in. This is a rare occurance but now that link works and will allow them to log back in. [NEWUI-1355]

• Updated the email that is sent when someone requests a demo. [NEWUI-1564]

• Added the table search field to the Edit Auction Items page. [NEWUI-1591]
• Added code to prevent the possiblity of entering duplicate auction item numbers into the auction items table. Modified the auto-convert handler to bail if it happens and give the user a soft landing. [NEWUI-1591]

• Added the option to show or not show ticket numbers for raffle tickets. [NEWUI-1578]
• Fixed an issue that prevented bidder numbers from showing on the invoice page when coming from the Batch Process Invoices page. [NEWUI-1593]
• Enhanced the flow when checking in a guest to make it easy to print their bidder number. [NEWUI-1592]

• Increased the spacing between the menu options on the upper right drop-down menu (login / logout) for better usability on mobile devices. [NEWUI-1588]

• The member home page will now show an alert to Auction Administrators or higher level members if there are more than 2 guests waiting to be reconciled. That alert will take them directly to the reconcile page. Also updated the reconcile page to better explain why it needs to be done. The user may also add their cell phone to the notify list to receive a text when guests need to be reconciled. [NEWUI-1579]
• Added a link back on the help page to the old written help.
• Removed the "Pay later" option from the guest checkout page. [NEWUI-1584]

• Removed the old written help. It was getting out of date and also does not match the new "task-based" menus to which we are switching. We will be focused on writing in page help (Proceedural help) and updating the videos. [NEWUI-1580]

• Previous donations report now groups donations by title and event date. This can significantly reduce the clutter on the page as well as the page load times for groups who have been using us for a long time or who have lots of duplicated donations. [NEWUI-1022]
• Added email and physical address to the output results on the Find and archive inactive contacts page. [NEWUI-1577]
• Fixed issue with sorting by date on the Previous Donations Report [NEWUI-1575]

• Fixed a bug that prevented users from changing guest ticket holder names on their home page. [NEWUI-1566]

• Added the ability to filter the "Find and archive inactive contacts" search by the Contact Label. [NEWUI-1555]
• Added the bidder number and auction item number to the export spreadsheet that Silent Auction Pro will automatically create after entering FAN / Donate records. Added the Bidder Number to the columns that display on the FAN Monitor page. [NEWUI-1552]

• Added the ability to easily toggle between the task-based and role-based menu options in the upper right drop-down menu. [NEWUI-1562]
• Modified the system so that new users will automatically be set up with the task-based menu option rather than the old role-based menu option. The task-based menu option is more intuitive for new users. [NEWUI-1561]
• Raffle ticket numbers for purchased raffle tickets now show on the purchases home page. [NEWUI-1526]

• UI/UX improvement to the auto-create page. [NEWUI-1558]
• Modified the add donation page so that the alert will fire if you set the donation count to more than one. This was failing for existing customers because of a caching problem. [NEWUI-1554]

• We've enhanced how to create and offer fixed price items in Silent Auction Pro. This adds the ability to purchase more than one item at a time and fixes an issue where if two people were trying to purchase the same item at the same time, one would get a "Sorry this item is already sold" message. [NEWUI-1503]

• Mobile Pro users have the ability to customize their site colors. On that page if the group has a banner uploaded we will now show the group banner to help with picking complimentary colors. [NEWUI-1546]

• When exporting a CSV file from the Write Letters, you may now set the name of the file that will be exported. [NEWUI-1540]

• When creating a bundles auction item, we removed the constraint that the minimum bid can't be more than the Buy-It-Now price (also called the max bid). This constraint was in place soley for paper-based bidding to ensure that bidding spots would print on the paper-based bid sheets. If items don't have a Buy-It-Now price the max bid would not show when creating an auction item and if the user set the minimum bid to be more than the calculated max bid they would get a warning message that was just confusing. This constraint has been removed. [NEWUI-1536]
• When a returning customer creates a new event, Silent Auction Pro will now pull all the event configuration options such as the online ticket page configuration, registration page configuration, footnote, banner, etc., from the previous event so that the admin may start with those as their template for the new event. [NEWUI-926]

• Fixed a bug that prevented users from being able to clone previous tickets. [NEWUI-1521]

• Fixed a bug that prevented guests from making donations to Giving Campaigns. [NEWUI-1519]

• Updated the file that resets the demo group to convert the raffle tickets in the demo group to the new style. [NEWUI-1517]
• Fixed a bug that caused the start and ending times to shift when a raffle ticket was edited. [NEWUI-1518]
• Added a new "find and archive inactive contacts" function. [NEWUI-896]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the users menu choice from saving. We are working on a new Task based menu and users may now choose to use that menu option by editing their profile. [NEWUI-1497]

• Fixed an issue that prevented ticket purchases from going through when a credit card surcharge was added and the amount of the surcharge was less than a dollar. (really a rounding issue) [NEWUI-1495]

• Fixed a bug that prevented non-admission, non-raffle tickets from showing up in the manage tickets drop-down list. [NEWUI-1493]

• Silent Auction Pro now supports the ability to randomly draw a raffle ticket. We've also made enhancements when creating raffle tickets. [NEWUI-1421]

• Fixed sorting of the Bids column in the Manage Online Bidding page. [NEWUI-1491]

• We improved the way that Bid Extend works so that Group Administrators get a text message if the bidding has been extended and then another reminder text message to click the End and Notify button after bidding has ended. [NEWUI-1467]

• Added week to go and day to go checklists for bidsheet users. [NEWUI-1163]

• Added a new Event checklist hub in the support section. [NEWUI-1163]
• Updated the instructions on how to add the Silent Auction Pro website to your home page. [NEWUI-615]
• Modified the My Group Members page to show the member's cell phone number by default. [NEWUI-1473]

• Updated the Contact the Group Admin functionality to append the senders name and email address to the emails that are sent by the system. [NEWUI-1406]
• We are working on a new more intuitive "task based" menu system. We've added the abilty to switch to this new menu system by going to Home > Edit Profile and choosing the "Task Based Menu - BETA!" option. This will switch to the new experimental menu option. [NEWUI-6A]
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Event History accordion option from showing when there isn't a current event. [NEWUI-1462]

• Group administrators may now enter a list of email addresses and cell phone numbers that will be notified when certain events occur in Silent Auction Pro - the most notable being when a new guest needs to be reconciled. [NEWUI-1382]
• Fixed a bug that showed the "Please put a credit card on file" when no merchant account existed and it was not possible to put a credit card on file. [NEWUI-1458]
• Fixed a bug that caused an error when trying to switch to "Presentation Mode" from the Auction Catalog. [NEWUI-1460]

• Modified the "Text and Email to Register" functionality to allow users to target either all contacts or just bidders and attendees. [NEWUI-1439]
• Added the ability to print tracking sheets sorted by the auction item number or the display order. [NEWUI-1278, NEWUI-1455]

• For MobilePro customers we now remove the Silent Auction Pro logo from the upper left corner of the screen to help those customers better brand the site to their own colors and brand. [NEWUI-1317]

• Update to allow the set up of a free Giving Campaign for Giving Tuesday. [NEWUI-1446]

• Added the ability for a user to change their username / login. To do this, log in as yourself and go to Home > Edit Profile. The system will check to make sure the new username you choose is not already taken. [NEWU-1425]
• Fixed an issue with the font size in group headers when the group has not uploaded an event banner. Reduced the font size so that it fits for different viewport sizes. [NEWUI-1436]

• 10/28 - 10:00 am ET: The website for the DropZone plug-in we use for uploading donation images experienced intermittent availability this morning. This prevented images from showing when editing donations and prevented you from being able to upload new donation images. The issue has been fixed and we are no longer dependent on their site to deliver the functionality.

• Added the option to print a names column on full page bid sheets. [NEWUI-1415]

• Fixed a bug that prevented being able to bundle auction items using Safari because the page would not submit on the bundle3.php page. [NEWUI-816]

• Updated the Edit Auction Items page to allow editing of the Max Bid column for single auction items. Disabled the ability to edit grouped auction items - that didn't work anyway and should not have been allowed. [NEWUI-1409]

• Modified the code so that demo group members can purchase tickets for the demo group. [NEWUI-1393]

• The Edit Auction Items page will now remember the previous sort order and return to that when returning to the page. [NEWUI-1391]

• Table headers will now stay at the top as you scroll through your lists on the various pages that present this type of information. [NEWUI-939]
• When a guest lands on their member home page and they do not have a credit card on file, the system will now present an alert with three options: 1. No thanks - which dismisses the alert and sets a flag to NOT alert the guest again, 2. Pester me later - which will dismiss the alert but the next time the person loads the member home page the alert will present, and 3. YES! Let's do it now! - will take the person to the page to put their credit card on file.

• We've improved how we notify group members regarding tickets purchased, receipts and bidding approval requests / reconcile requests. You may now enter a comma separated list of email addresses and cell numbers in the Edit Group page to which Silent Auction Pro will send notifications. [NEWUI-1358a]
• Minor changes to messages regarding opting in and out of text messages. [NEWUI-1381]

• Added an export option from the My Donations page for All Donations. [NEWUI-1376]
• Update check in QRCs for Bidsheet Pro and Plus to sync with package changes. [NEWUI-1337]

• Modified the styling on the Bid Online Detail page to produce more consistant fonts in the description and restrictions section. [NEWUI-1375]

• Fixed issue where the pop-up tool tips were misplaced on the Participant's report. [NEWUI-1370]
• Added additional code to prevent demo group members from being able to join other groups. [NEWUI-1366]

• Fixed a form validation bug on the Add Notification page. [NEWUI-1360]

• Users contacting the Group Admin, generates an email with no 'from' address. [NEWUI-1359]
• Added code to prevent sending an email to the group administrator when someone reprints a receipt. [NEWUI-1348]
• Scheduled emails should require a subject - template should save a subject with body. [NEWUI-1322]
• Fixed the help dialog on the Manage Online Bidding page that was obscured when you clicked in the info icon for automatically notifying members. [NEWUI-1288]
• Minor UI fix on the Participant's report [NEWUI-1266]

• Ongoing improvements to the help system including new checklists, checklist hub and quick reference cards. [NEWUI-1225]

• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused a white screen when creating a new event. [newui-1352]

• The confirmation when entering bids from the enterbids.php page that checks if a bid is being entered below the minimum bid was commented out. I added code to include that again. [NEWUI-1345]

• Changed the behavior regarding updating minimum bids when a group administrator used the Edit Group page to update ALL auction item minium bids. Previously this would apply the new minimum bid percentage to ALL items as the checkbox said. It will now NOT update any minimum bids for auction items where the donor specified a minimum bid on the donation. [NEWUI-1343]

• We recently enabled the ability for Bidsheet Pro customers to sign up before an event on their mobile devices. This update fixes an annoyance where after signing up they would be redirected back to the auction catalog page which is not a valid page for Bidsheet Pro customers and they would get an annoying error message. That has been fixed. [newui-1334, newui-1190]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the abilty to edit a giving campaign page. [NEWUI-1330]

• We now offer a $50 reward for referring a friend to Silent Auction Pro. Your friend also gets a $50 discount on their first event! [NEWUI-1217]
• Fixed an issue where the View All Payments page showed blank names when the payer was not yet reconciled to a contact. [NEWUI-1256]
• Previously, instant login text messages would say "Click <the link> to return to Silent Auction Pro". This has been changed to say "Click <the link> to return to <the event title> event". For example: Click <the link> to return to The Reach for the Stars event.
• Fixed issue with colors on the Giving Campaign landing page. [NEWUI-1328]

• User experience improvements to the instant login sign up page. [NEWUI-1248]
• Fixed a bug where guests who signed up using the instant login flow were not automatically reconciled to a contact if there was a full match. [NEWUI-1324]
• If there is a custom sign-up message, guests who sign up using the new instant login flow will be emailed the sign-up message. [NEWUI-1320]
• Fixed a bug that prevented email from sending in the Invite Group Members page when more than one email address was entered. [NEWUI-1326]

• Added the ability for Auction Admins and Group Admins to click to edit announcements from the home page. [NEWUI-1319]
• Fixed a bug that caused the Next button on the first page when bundling to be unresponsive when returning from bundling a previous item. [NEWUI-1318]

• Added Ticket Price to the Export Tickets CSV file. [NEWUI-1314]
• Fixed an issue where bidders were not being assigned a bidder number when using the instant login sign up flow. [NEWUI-1299]

• Added the sum of final bids by email address to the export report from the Auction Results > Bid Details page. [NEWUI-1308]

• Modifed the member home page to show ticket even if the user does not have a credit card on file. [NEWUI-1297]

• Added the ability for group members to send an email to the event administrator if they need help or have questions. [NEWUI-1292]

• Updated the email and message when a user is using the instant login path to create their account to tell them that the link in the email they receive may only be used once.
• Fixed a bug that caused formatting issues after saving system templates in the Write Letters functionality. [NEWUI-1285]

• Fixed a bug that prevented auctioneer info sheets from printing. [NEWUI-1272]

• Fixed a bug where the tickets link on the Auction Catalog page took the user to a blank page if they were not logged in. [NEWUI-1267]

• Updated the Manage My Subscription page to include the event history. [NEWUI-1262]
• Fixed a bug that occasionally caused blank email receipts to be sent. [NEWUI-1251]

• Fixed a bug prevented tickets purchased with a surcharge to process. [NEWUI-1253]
• Fixed a bug that caused the bidder number assignment to be deleted when checking the checked-in status on the Participant's report. [NEWUI-1252]

• Modified the Member Home page to redirect to the index.php page if the person accessing that page is not logged in. People who had bookmarked the memberhome.php page were getting the error page. Better to just redirect them. [NEWUI-1246]
• Fixed a bug that caused donation information to return blank for donations that already existed. [NEWUI-1249]

• This one is a game changer! We have a new registration process where your bidders can scan a QR code, enter their first name, last name, email and cell number and after checking their email, receive an instant login link via text that will instantly sign them in. [NEWUI-1205]

• New QRC's and Checklists for 2 weeks to go! [NEWUI-1163]
• Fixed a bug that caused blank ticket receipts to be sent out.

• Fixed a bug that caused duplicate receipt emails to be sent to the group admin email address. [NEWUI-1220]

• Converted over to using the new cron box. [NEWUI-1128]

• We've added two new sections to our Support menu - Event Checklists and Event Quick Reference Cards. These resources will help you better prepare for your event and are specific to the package that you have purchased. [NEWUI-1163]

• The system will now copy the group email address on all receipts. The subject line will start with [Copy]. [NEWUI-1203, SAP-2346]

• Added the ability to quickly print Donate / FAN tracking sheets. These are used in an in-person event where people are raising their bid paddle to pledge donation amounts. You can print the tracking sheet either from the Auction Admin Home page - Printed Material or the FAN Monitor page. [NEWUI-873]
• Fixed the sorting for auction items and donations on the Auction Item / Donation Cross Reference page. [NEWUI-1125]

• Changed the cell phone entry field to be just 10 digits rather than a separate area code and phone number fields. This should speed up the cell entry. [NEWUI-1181]

• Switched to the new pricing. [NEWUI-857, NEWUI-1138]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the email opt-out from working in random instances. [NEWUI-1161A]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the custom email for ticket purchases and new registrations from being sent for groups who did not purchase Mobile Plus or Mobile Pro. [NEWUI-1180]

• Fixed a bug that allowed archived contacts to show on the Participant's Report. [NEWUI-1177]
• Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to delete donations in bulk from the Edit Donations page. [NEWUI-1176]

• Labels on the buttons on the Donate (FAN) page are now captured and saved as the auction item title when someone makes a donation via the Donate page. This allows you to use the Donate page to direct donations to different causes simply by setting an appropriate label. The money donation is captured as an "auction item" in Silent Auction Pro and reported out on the Winning Bidders Report available from the Auction Admin > Reports and Export page as well as the Bid Details section of the Event History page. [NEWUI-1172]

• Added the ability to view processor batch payments from Worldpay to your bank account in the View All Payments page. This makes it much easier - especially for those who don't have easy access to Worldpay's IQ portal to reconcile payments going into your bank account with the individual transactions previously reported in Silent Auction Pro. NOTE: For events held prior to 7/21/22, the system will backfill the batch Id's by querying Worldpay when loading the View All Payments page. If there are a large number of transactions the page may time out. Please simply reload the page to finish backfilling the information. Once the backfill process completes, the data is in our system and won't need to be downloaded again. For groups having events subsequent to 7/21/22 the system will pull the data as each transaction is completed. [NEWUI-1166]

• Updated our email sending process to improve response times and reportablity [NEWUI-1104]
• Added new help pages for tickets and landing registration pages. [NEWUI-1158]
• Added a preview option for the Sign-in / Register to bid link on the Auction Admin page. [NEWUI-1164]
• Fixed an issue where the opt-out link in emails randomly failed to opt the customer out. [NEWUI-1161]

• Fixed a bug that prevented an existing user from being able to request membership to another group. [NEWUI-1149]

• Added the ability to post a separate message for the "Sign in / Register to bid" page from the Online Ticket Purchase page. This should help customers who get confused when trying to sign up. [NEWUI-761, NEWUI-1044]

• Updated the Create User page to no longer ask for a phone number and made the cell number a required field. [NEWUI-1137]

• Fixed a bug that prevented users from being able to update the guest names and email addresses for tickets purchased by that user on devices with small viewports (screens). [NEWUI-489]
• Updated the instructions on how to delete all credit cards in the online help as that process has changed with the new user interface.

• Updated the Edit Grouped Auction Items page user interface. [NEWUI-710]

• Modified how the message is presented on the My Donations page if you try to delete a donation that is already bundled into an auction item. [NEWUI-844]
• Modified the Add Donation page to limit the number of donations a user can enter at one time to 150. [NEWUI-1060]
• Switched to Bandwidth for our SMS service. [NEWUI-1069]

• Released the Custom Color Branding feature. Customers may now adjust the colors of the site to match their organization's colors. [NEWUI-842]

• If a credit card fails to authorize from the Edit Person page, the message that is presented to the user will now contain the reason. [NEWUI-1124]
• Column headings on the Event History and other pages now match the table columns. [NEWUI-1103]

• Fixed an issue where the Participants Report showed that sending an Instant Login link was possible when there was no cell phone for the contact. [NEWUI-1119]

• New video on how to sort the Auction Catalog.

• Changed button names on the Edit Auction Items page to hopefully make it more clear how to re-order the auction catalog. Also updated the in-page help and confirmation dialogs. In addition, new items created will automatically have the order set to 999 so that they fall to the bottom of the page. [NEWUI-1114]

• Added a quick link back to the live auction item from the auctioneer / monitor view. [NEWUI-660]
• Modified our company hours on the Contact Us page.
• Modified the system so that when a new event is created no tickets are enabled. [NEWUI-337]
• Modified the pricing pages. Removed the Bidsheet Basic option and Giving Campaigns.

• Fixed a bug that in certain instances the Enter Bids page failed to delete a bid on an item. [NEWUI-1113]
• Added a new Quick Reference Card "Hub" to the support menu and main support page. These QRCs are designed to help with common issues during check-in, check-out and other phases of your event. [NEWUI-1105]
• Added the customer provided header information that is present in the Online Ticket Purchase page to the Guest Ticket Purchase page that shows when someone is logged in and clicks on the Ticket Purhchase button. [NEWUI-957]
• Updated the message on the Donate page that displays after someone has made a donation that their credit card won't be charged until the end of the event. [NEWUI-1106]

• Modified the Add Person and Edit Person pages to NOT automatically set Checked-In to Yes when the Bidder radio is set to Yes. [NEWUI-1112]

• Fixed a bug that incorrectly reported the number of winning bids for a top-n-wins auction item type. [NEWUI-1110]

• Changed the "Create auction item bundle" flow to not allow users to start the flow with an existing auction item - that was confusing to some users. The system will now warn the user if they chose an auction item that already exists and will give them the option to edit the item instead. [NEWUI-373]

• Updated the help pages for check in and published several new Quick Reference Cards [NEWUI-1036]
• Table headers now are fixed at the top of the screen when scrolling [NEWUI-939]

• Fixed a bug that caused the group information to not populate when loading the Edit Group page. [NEWUI-1098]
• Modified the code that renders logos on all the printed material to ensure that the logos present well and are not distorted. [NEWUI-1099]
• Modified the message when someone enters an invalid dollar amount when purchasing tickets to tell people to not include a $ in the amount. [NEWUI-1100]

• Improved the formatting of the Member Home page when there is no event defined. Also moved the Create a new Giving Campaign button to the Edit Group page. [NEWUI-466]

• Released Custom Color Branding for Beta testing. If you would like to use this feature please let us know. [NEWUI-842]
• Improved the formatting of the Bidding Kiosk page. [NEWUI-1012]

• Added code to the Participants Report and Batch-out pages to find people who have placed bids but who were not showing on those pages. [NEWUI-1085]

• Updated the Participants Report so that it correctly presents information for customers using the Bidsheet packages. [NEWUI-1087]
• Added link to the Previous Donations report when using the Enter Donation page. This makes it easy to find a donor when you know the donation but not the donor name. [NEWUI-793]
• Added a link to our new Check In video and Participants report from the AuctionDay page.

• Fixed a bug that caused the credit card surcharge to be lost if a guest purchasing a ticket clicked the back button or reloaded the purchase tickets page. [NEWUI-1088]

• Fixed a bug that prevented tickets from being assigned for groups using PayPal as their credit card processor. We STRONGLY recommend to any customers still using PayPal as their processor to switch to Worldpay. Support for PayPal ended in 2019. There is also a known bug that the ticket purchase receipt does not contain the ticket information when purchasing tickets using PayPal as the processor. [NEWUI-1086]

• Fixed a formatting issue when emailing invoices. [NEWUI-1076]

• We have a new enhanced Bidders Report page - now called the Participants report so further speed up the check-in process. The new Participants report includes links to guests an Instant Login Link, text or email, as well as see their table seating assignment and more. There is also a new Quick Reference Card (QRC) with detailed information on how to use the page to simplify the check-in process. [NEWUI-663]
• Fixed issues with the Public Donation List page where images were too big. [NEWUI-1001]
• Fixed a bug that when purchasing an item using the Buy It Now option caused the confirmation dialog to automatically dismiss and assign the item to the customer. [NEWUI-962]

• Fixed an issue when sending Text messages filtered by ticket type that failed to filter the results. [NEWUI-1072]
• Fixed an issue where an alternate Auction Catalog image did not print on the Display Sheet. [NEWUI-1054]

• Fixed a bug that prevented Display Sheets from displaying the Auction Catalog image if a separate image was uploaded and selected when creating or editing an auction item. [NEWUI-1054]

• Added a new quick reference card for sending text and email messages. [NEWUI-1041]
• Modified the Edit Donations page to SHOW broken images if they exist. We had previously hidden them but feel it is better to show them and let the user delete them. [NEWUI-1038]
• Fixed a bug that prevented being able to update the max bid by category. [NEWUI-1040]

• New quick reference card for check in available from the Bidders Report page. [NEWUI-1036]
• When creating a new auction item using the bundling flow, if donation images exist for the auction item the system will automatically choose the first donation as the Auction Catalog image. You may choose another image or upload if you wish. [NEWUI-1032]

• Fixed an issue the prevented images from previous donations being loaded when cloning donations from the Add Donation page. [NEWUI-1016]

• Added My Event Info section / accordion to the Member Home page which shows the guest their bidder number (if assigned) their table assignment (if assigned) and their credit card info. This also allows the guest to change their credit card on file if they so choose. [NEWUI-662]

• Fixed an issue that prevented the Leaderboard Marquee from scrolling. [NEWUI-961]

• Added a "human test" captcha to the demo request page because we were getting hit with bots... [NEWUI-998]
• Enhancements to the opt-out email process to ensure that only one opt-out email is sent to the group administrator. [NEWUI-904]
• Fixed issue in Write Letters where the Text format option was not showing when selecting Ticket Holders as the target. [NEWUI-914]
• Fixed a bug that casused a dialog to hang and not be closeable after sending a Text and Email to Register message. [NEWUI-985]

• Released a new way of uploading images called the Dropzone that is MUCH faster and allows you to upload multiple images at the same time. We now also support uploading of .mov (movie files from iOS devices) along with the .mp4 video file format. Please note that the ability to crop and rotate files is no longer available. If needed, mages must be cropped and rotated before uploading to Silent Auction Pro. There are any number of free solutions for this available on the internet and perhaps already installed on your computer. iOS and Droid also support this as part of the photo editing available directly on your phone. [NEWUI-559]
• Modified the Edit Auction Item page so that it will not warn the user about too many bidsheet lines if the "Is online" radio button is checked. [NEWUI-907]

• Added code to the functions that dump the donations and auction items to CSV files to strip out HTML characters for better readability. [NEWUI-996]
• Added an informative place holder for the Payment and Pick-up instructions template in the Edit Group form. [NEWUI-362]
• Fixed a button color issue on the editgivingpage.php page. [NEWUI-835]

• Moved the Return by Tag report from the "Tickets and Attendance" section to the Return by Category, AuctionType, Doantion Tag, Affiliation section. [NEWUI-994]

• Improved the usability of the Payments page on small screens. Limited the columns showing to just the amount, payment type and edit option. [NEWUI-538]

• Added a preview button to the Edit Event page - Edit registration options section - to make it easy to preview the ticket / registration page. [NEWUI-949]
• Minor UI change to the Edit Payment page. [NEWUI-750]

• Fixed an issue that prevented administrators from being able to edit payment / donation amounts. [NEWUI-972]

• Fixed a bug that caused iPhone 13 devices to render very large text on the tickets purchase pages. [NEWUI-969]

• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused tickets to show sold out when they were not. [NEWUI-889]

• Fixed a bug that in rare cases prevented people from being able to join a group as a member. [NEWUI-952]

• Added the abilty to change the sort order of the "Leaderboard list" from the AuctionDay page. [NEWUI-963]

• Refinements to the Text and Email to register system template email / text function in Write Letters. [newui-953]
• Fixed a bug that caused a redirect to the Error Page when requesting membership to a Group. [NEWUI-952]

• If a user forgets their password and requests a password reset email, we will now also send a text message if that user has a cell number on file. [NEWUI-954]

• Fixed a bug that caused the Event Title to not be centered under the group name in the header on the sign in page. [NEWUI-950]
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Save Order button at the bottom of the Edit Auction Items page from working. The button at the top worked. [NEWUI-947]

• Fixed bug that people from joining a group as a member if there was not a current event. [NEWUI-944]
• Fixed bug that prevented being able to clone an auction item from the search page. [NEWUI-941]
• Fixed bug that prevented being able to archive or unarchive a category. [NEWUI-940]

• Fixed a bug that caused very small amounts due to show on the Batch Process page. These were amounts far less than 1 penny that were showing because we were not rounding amounts due to the nearest cent. [NEWUI-938]

• Removed several old videos from our YouTube video tutorial page. These were developed before the new user interface update. We will be creating new videos as times permits. Updated several help pages to reference newer videos. [NEWUI-910]

• Restored the ability to un-archive a contact from the Edit Contact page. [NEWUI-992]

• Fixed a bug that caused archived contacts to display on the search results page even if the "Include archived contacts" checkbox was not checked. [NEWUI-527]

• Modified the online bidding signup process to NOT send an email to the User, unless the Group has defined a custom registration email. [newui-826]
• Fixed an issue that failed to render certain donation images, in Write Letters (Display Sheets). [newui-738]
• Fixed an issue on the Edit Person page where the contact owner was not being show in the Contact Owner drop-down list. [newui-898]
• Fixed the sort by donation id on the donations home page. [newui-453]
• Fixed an issue that prevented users from making changes to the Fixed Price items(s) auction type. [newui-879]
• Modified the code for creating and editing tickets to NOT allow the Ticket Counts As value to be zero or a fractional number.
• Modified the Tickets Report page to default the sort of the Ticket Detail section by ticket purchase date. [newui-905]

• When reloading the Search Results page, the system will now clear any previous search. [NEWUI-874]

• Fixed a bug that failed to display the option for excluding donors, when sending a Text and Email to Register link. [NEWUI-888]

• You may now limit the height of photos on printed display sheets. [NEWUI-877]

• We've improved the sign up flow when creating an account in Silent Auction Pro to allow new users to choose to either sign-up as a bidder / guest, join a group as a working member of the group or create a new group during the sign up process. [newui-825]
• As an interium fix, we added a new file that lets you print bidder numbers by a table list. For instance if you wanted to print tables 3, 5 and 7-10 you paste this URL in your browser after logging in to Silent Auction Pro: https://www.silentauctionpro.com/print_all_bidnumbers_by_table_list.php?filter=table&tables=3,5,7-10 We will eventually put his on the Printed Material page but for now you will need to go directly to that page. [NEWUI-882A]

• When printing bidder numbers, if you choose an option that includes the table number filter, the results will sort ascending by table number. [newui-882]

• We fixed a bug that prevented guests from purchasing tickets when there was a credit card surcharge and the surcharge amount rounded to zero cents such as $1.50 or $0.30, etc. This presented as $1.5 or $0.3 and was not considered a valid amount. That issue has been fixed. [NEWUI-869]

• We had problems with the new UI Manage Table Assignments and have replaced it with a full screen version. [NEWUI-864]

• We have temporarily removed the ability to split parties in the Manage Table Assignments page. That functionality was not working correctly and was causing other problems. For now we recommend that you use our old site to manage table assignments. It includes the ability to split parties and is working correctly.

• The scroll bar for the left hand navigation didn't work using a mouse or touchpad. This has been fixed. [NEWUI-839]
• Issues with PayPal have been fixed [NEWUI-836]

• After sending an instant login link, the Edit Person page will now return to the Edit Person page rather than to the original calling page. This will speed up the check-in process for in-person events. [NEWUI-847]

• Fixed a bug that prevented guests to show as unreconciled on the Tickets report if the guest ticket is not reconciled. [NEWUI-800]
• Fixed a bug with the sign in button on the Auction Catalog. If the group number is present then we should send them to a page to sign up for that group. [NEWUI-799]

• Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to order credit card readers. [NEWUI-779]
• Fixed a bug that prevented donations from saving if the value included .00 such as 50.00. We don't support "cents" in values. The system will now simple round values to the closest whole number and truncate the "cents" portion. [NEWUI-768]

• Modified the Bidders Report to save the sorting order when returning to the page as well as a the scroll position. Also updated the Edit Contact page to return to the calling page when the Cancel button is clicked. [NEWUI-767]

• Major release of our new user interface featuring a fully responsive site that works across all devices. The old "m.silentauctionpro.com" is no longer used and redirects to the www.silentauctionpro.com site. [NEWUI]